Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
DAVIS TO REAGAN,
The Sage Of Beauvoir Writes an Open
Letter to His Trusted Lieuten-
ant of Old Days.
he Reviews a. Lsngth the Prohibition
Contest in Texas Settled Gu
tho Fourth Day of August.
1t Is Particularly Gratifying 10 Him that
Local option Counties Voted
Against the Measure,

Special to the Gazette.
HOUSTON, TEX, Sept. 23.-The Post Of
tomorrow will contain the following:
BEAUvOIR, MISS, Sept 20, 1887.
J. II. Reagan:
Ely DEAR FRIRND-It was g sore dis
appointment when you chose by an open
letter to make the public party to your
correspondence with me, but my effec-
tion for you forbade me replying in ike
manner. Your right to view my Letter
to Governor Lubbock IS not questioned,
but did not and do not zee why g criti-
cism of your opponents in the CANVASS
9hAuld have beer addressed to me. lily
silence has been misconstructed and
UNsCRUPULoUs PARTIsANs
have made and are making your letter
text for detracton which gathers volume
! as it rolls through distant states. have,
therefore, at last decided to reply IN an
open letter. 1t is not MY purpose TO hold
JuG ~ pol-5iJ-e II Z. aga farls=l4 EaE4
uttered, but not choosing to notice
TIE sWAsHBUCKLRFs OF CAMP FOL-
LOWERS,
il only remained FOR ne to destroy the
foundation GCd leave the superstruCtu-e
TO fall. You express surprise s2d s0r-
row because OF the letter l had written
TO our friend, Ex-Governor Lubbock, bu.
why you should feel surprised i
cot perceived. My position in that
letter is the same il which y3u left and
have always known me-. t, the strict
construction Of governmental powers,
that these sra derived from the CoascHt
Of the governed and should be limited by
the necessities OF social existence.
wHRNCE AROSE THE SORROW?
Certainly not because as q friend I re.
sp0nded II Governor Lub6ock's request
for my opinion or q political subject
which was not LEGAL, though then under
discussion in Texas as d state question.
He, you aad were closely associated in
terms and sacrifices and dan
gers for Z common c2use,
and were captured together. Tire relations
sgbsisting between as were 700 generally
known for it 10 be supposed that you
could regret the mere fact 0f ny CORE
gponderce with Governor Lubbock, ard
hence 1t hiss been assumed thai yeur scr
r0W 8l0se for regarding it
AS AN INTRUSION
on my psrt 10 express e. opinion on 8
subject then the matter Of contention IL
Texas. I certainly have no claim On
Texans, bu+ freely acknowledge my IN
de5tednes5 10 them, SnG having for many
years felt deep interest il heir affairs,
might reasonably have supposed thgt l
mad 81 equal right 20 express Eli opinion
upon them aS tflat accorded to
4 GEORGIA NEGRO
who IVES imported by your party to lnnu-
cree the voters q his color, and WHO it
7as reported hsd been 1T ore or more
public meetipg5 introduced by you To The
Iadies and gentlemen OF Texas. This IS
TO ne viewed in connection With tie ale
CATION thas the white DGmocIata h%d been
defeated by tie Mexicsns and utErocs
vino voted against prohibition. Without
entering into the question of h0T tie
vote stood, G MISTER concerning which
You know more than | &c, l viii
merely quote the following extract
from she Waco Advance, The party organ
Of the Prohibition parry in Texas: eve
DO rot believe as Mr.. Reagan, that Mr..
Davis letter has do1e prohibition any
harm; On the contrary, We believe that il
will be worth 10000 votes to prohibition
IN Texas, and 1907 0o votes for prohibit
ton in the north. JET Davis belongs to
a past age,
HE PLAYED HIS GAME
in life and lost, Gnd for enc, while We arc
Of the eouth and to the
manner born, We are gl.d he lost
Slavery wAs 7Eong, 20 is She liquor traG-
fic. His 8ght f9s the Liquor trctllo wil,
also oe fa.i5Utc." TIC difference OF cDia
}on IS 70 the eject CT my letter, snd the
remarks SO 20 my connection Will slavery
and the whisky traffic is al OF piece
Njth the attempts Ge9c 40
DZLgBE IGEO2ANT RRGROES,
by representing thGs their free, Cm you'd
b endangered If the pGrsg wish which l
was iHsntfod should succeed. In the
E5c0 of such evidence thare HCuid seem
10 be something beside virtue,
intelligence, piery fair dealing
snd white Democracy In the
Or rhiblsion renks. Your letter has
becn relied upon, and griey0 80 say moi
quite fairly, to repreae4t nay having sd
vo2ateG, in the Letter to Governor LpO-
beck, the Whi2ky tfsGc, though there W&s
nothing in my letter to justify
SUCH MIsRSPR rs ENTArI0N,
as It's whole scCon havlrg been 70 obieCt
to theI3aadirS amendment for pcoaibi1tsa
agsins: TIE manufacture % auy intoxi2,,t-
lng hqcor. Al inysaicn Of tie cighG Of 9
man to use his OWE as il might seem 10
Kim hest, provided lie did cot sHCse tneS
Right go sc TO in!uCo another. Upon the.
bssis Of my encouraging drunk
enrfas, which my l&:.-er had
emphnEtcal.Y denounced, you palnt
y glowing cDlors Sll ihr horrors of E:zt
vice, having no ether foundation for your
pictuee, 80 far as * &Gectad ae than th&s
had obiocsad 70 tho prohibition a9e4d-
meut then perd!ag before The people OF
Texas ard which, il 4 woulI have shown
thst the Philippe was directed Ggaiust e
mere man CT stTaw, t5a objection 70 tie
prohibition measure vas entitled 20 q
lenians ssatelreIt as your hants, II 90
much 81 it appeErs from g published
ststeme4t Ia !1e Houston Post OF August
g. that II Is 5ut tyso years s!uca
YOU OPPOSED PROHIBITION,
including even in It tie Local option in re-
gard to gale. In the paper referred TO,
you are quoted as saying Oh the e0th oi
August, 1893, az DO rot agree With the
extreme men on either side Of these
questions, ard my views Gre not liEel7 10
astissy either. l sm both against drunk
enness and sgaiuet Legislation on merely
moral
OR sUhPTUARY QUESTIONS.
Drunkenness Is crime, and SIS such l
would punish it by heavy penalties, but I
doubt beth the right ana the
policy OF providing law
for the punishment OF the SELL
ing CT Intoxicating liquors on
the ground that it is morally w5ong and
may Iesd to drunkenness. It appears to
be assumed hat those oppo9ed TO pro-
hibition or Ii csl option clsim the rishs of
s-l, bn 60